no i it makes me worry now it makes me worry the situation is compromised and our safety is compromised. as the expert. yes. he used a jewish term to say that netanyahu was his [inaudible] or something like that. he is saying relationships are stronger than ever when clearly they aren t. they aren t. why say it? because you have to say it. i believe with katherine and i don t think boehner should have done this, but it is done. this to me this was a key quote from netanyahu s speech. leaders worry about the country and israeli leaders worry about the survival of their country. i don t believe everything israel has done and i don t
. it s absolutely irresponsible. i said the other night at the republican meeting that they are self righteous and delusional and they don t realize what s happening. that was republican congressman peter king calling out his party s right wing. lawmakers only managed to approve one week s worth of funding setting up another crucial test for john boehner s leadership. we ve got kevin madden former press secretary for house speaker john boehner, very key credential richard sock retease, a democratic strategist. we start with you, mr. madden. yes. what do you think mr. boehner thinks he can achieve by holding up this process when it looms over our heads like the last shut down and we foe how that went? look, i don t think boehner is interested in interested in holding up the pro he is is. i think so much of the maneuvering was an effort to try to get the process moving. he really does want to move his conference together i think
chamber of commerce republicans. look. i think on immigration, it seems as if paul ryan is basically raised his hand and said i ll play point in the house on this. he seems comfortable doing that. using his capital. if you just look at marco rubio. to his credit, marco rubio used his political capital with conservatives. now it burned him. he s in a worst place today politically with the republican base than he was a year ago at this time and all because of immigration. is there no other reason. it s only because of immigration and he has run from it. i don t know if is this good for him long term if he is running for president. in a way he has run away from it as it s become unpopular a little bit but he has used his capital. when you look at the landscape, i don t think boehner has the credibility to bridge that divide with conservatives. but i think ryan does. joe? don t you, joe?
you can find plenty of economists that would quarrel and disagree with that and there s about as many disagreements on these kinds of things as there are congressmen. but nobody elects republicans to raise taxes. it s just something that most republicans instinctively don t want to do. i never met one who actual ran for office who said i m running in order to raise taxes. you would be surprise issed if republicans were anything other than totally resistant to this. on the other hand i have never heard of democrats who want to cut spending. that s the issue here. we haven t heard anything from the president in terms of spending cuts and entitlement reform. molly, the president and john boehner met at the white house yesterday, we heard that the meeting was, i think that the word that was used was frank, and again the lines of communications remain open, that s the statement that they put out as they did last time. except that john boehner is going back to ohio this weekend. is that
what s going on? we didn t know much i think literally one word out of that conversation was the word frank. it s a good sign that they re talking, i don t think boehner is taking his toys and going home. the congressman cole has been saying this for a couple of weeks now, republicans are coming around to this idea that they re going to have to give on those rates. they are going to have to have something in return if there s going to be a deal. but on the other hand, i think speaker boehner is going to have the votes to get it through. obviously, david, we re now 18 days away, you could argue even less, most people are back in their districts, which is boehner among them. i thought it was interesting that senator olympia snow told the washington post that it s bizarre, it s truly bizarre, there s no sense of urgency. do you sense any concern by